Kōtarō Satomi
Birthday: 1936-11-28
Place of Birth: Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
Movies
Kanei Chronicles
From all over Japan, the greatest warriors: Yagyu Jubei, Miyamoto Musashi, Araki Mataemon, and more ...
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Edo Ninja Scroll: Seven Shadows
During the reign of Shogun Tsunayoshi, seven ninja of the Koga clan secretly plot against the illegi...
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Yakuza Princess of Edo
Tsukitaro, a young man who comes to Edo, meets a blind girl named Ochiyo. Ochiyo 's father, the grin...
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Kingdom of Youth
An entertaining youth drama, which tells about the struggle of a young swordsman Yamanaka Shikanoske...
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The Eve of the Chinese Festival
A kabuki actor is assassinated during a New Year celebration show, in front of everyone, fortunately...
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Eleven Samurai
The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, s...
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Eight Views of Samurai
Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is as...
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Kisaragi Sword
The story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new inexpe...
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Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories
Bunsei era, at a time when Edo culture is at its peak, and barely 50 years before the arrival of the...
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Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
After settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in a se...
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Akakage: 3-D Adventure Movie
Heroic masked ninja Akakage (Red Shadow) and his two companions fight evil warlords in feudal Japan ...
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13 Assassins
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when on...
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A Chivalrous Spirit
An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of per...
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Code Between Brothers: Three Brothers of Kanto, Part II
The fourth part in the series "Code Between Brothers". The story takes place in Fukagawa, Tokyo, at ...
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings....
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Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wi...
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Eight Brave Brothers 3
The long-awaited Hakkenshi arrive at Takita Castle, which is saddened by successive defeats....
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Ghost of the 53 Stations
Kota and Kosuke, from the Hikyaku-ya shop in Edo, went to Kyoto. Contrary to their carefree appearan...
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The White Tiger Battalion
The Byakkotai was part of Aizu’s four-unit military, set up in the domain’s drive to finalize its mi...
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A Chorus of Angels
Teacher Kawashima Haru takes a position on a remote island off the coast of Hokkaido, where she take...
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Seventeen Ninja
As the Shogun lays dying, seventeen Iga clan ninja are sent to infiltrate the impenetrable fortress ...
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The Purple Hood
Kataoka Chiezo stars as Murasaki Zukin, a mysterious hero of the people who helps those in need. Now...
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Eight Brave Brothers
One day, Yoshimi Satomi, the castle owner of Takita Castle in the country of Anbo, and his confidant...
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The Fearless Brotherhood Duet of Kanto
The beginning of the Showa period. A town in the Kanto region. During the autumn festival, a car fro...
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Detective
The first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a criminal,...
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Married Woman: Another Law of the Night
The film takes place in Yokohama, a night city where you can revel in the neon mood. A bartender who...
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Shadow Over Fuji
The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was ...
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Epic Crash
Utaemon Ichikawa plays the role of Hikoshiro Navate, who has a strong sense of justice and opposes p...
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Benkei
At the end of the Heian period, Musashibo Benkei, a warrior monk who hated the Heike clan, was humil...
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April Fools
Ayumi Nitta is a member of a hospital cleaning staff and suffers from extreme social anxiety. After ...
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Skull Coins
The mysterious story behind the Skull Coins, which are said to reveal the location of treasure, and ...
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Shinran, Part II
Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. ...
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The Duel at the Satta Pass
A variety of characters, including ninja Noto, a swordsman disguised as a komuso monk, and a young s...
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A Samurai Movie Rhapsody: Filming the Ultimate Swordfight
This is a “Movie in a Movie” like no other ever before. Kyoei, a historical film studio in Kyoto (Mo...
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Goblin's Highway
Gombei is Nameless, a wanderer who is skilled with a sword and has a great sense of humor, who tries...
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The Lord's spy
Maeda Tsunanori, the lord of Kaga Domain, had two young princes - Katsumaru, the son of his legitima...
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The Adventures of Jirokichi: A thousand coins
The film adaptation of the novel "Three Little Rats" by Tatsuro Jinde. In this fascinating story, th...
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Kid Magician Sasuke
In this exciting story, Sasuke Sarutobi, known as the bravest child in the world, fulfills the will ...
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Kanbei's Bargain Sale
Wandering swordsman Kanbei, parading through town with a sign that reads "Seeking fights, selling my...
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Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
Master swordsman and loya 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to ...
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The Coin Thrower Zenigata
The film tells about a young detective Zenigata Heiji who successfully solves a disgusting and unusu...
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Legal High SP
Kazuhiko Kogure, who is a 2nd grade student in middle school, falls off from one of the school's roo...
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Human Torpedoes
Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of th...
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The Spear of Heroism
Lord Gennosuke and Princess Yoshi are to be betrothed to one another, however Gennosuke is already i...
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Samurai Vendetta in Iga
Matauemon Araki (Kotaro Satomi) is a sword teacher in Yamatokoriyama. He heard from his brother-in-l...
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Another 47 Ronins: Genroku Taiheiki
In the 14th year of the Genroku period, Asano, the head carpenter of Edo Castle, attacked Kira, the ...
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The Inugami Clan
In 1940s Japan, the wealthy head of the Inugami Clan dies, setting off a chain of bizarre, gruesome ...
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Yagyu Chronicles 1: Secret Scrolls
Two groups are after the legendary Yagyu Secret Scrolls. A princess of a disgraced clan and her loya...
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Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword
This is the second film in the popular black and white series about the master swordsman, Yagyu Jube...
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A Spectacular Showdown
One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody sho...
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The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence
The stormy tale of the Shinsengumi is told from its birth by master filmmaker Sasaki Yasushi, with a...
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Yagyu Chronicles 3: The Valley of Outlaws
This time, sword-saint Yagyu Jubei battles the evil corruption in Akizuki Village, with the help of ...
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Golden Peacock Castle, Part 2
The struggles of the Golden Peacock Clan continue as they seek to reclaim their home and prevent the...
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Detective Hibari: Secret of the Golden Coin
A princess finds life behind the protection of her brother and the high walls of the mansion to be q...
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Detective Hibari: Case of the Golden Hairpins
Oshichi, a famous girl detective, takes it upon herself to investigate the murder of a woman which o...
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The Third Ninja
Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga....
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Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
Umon’s services are called upon when innocent bystanders, Kayo and Minokichi, along with the ronin, ...
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Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern
Detective Umon’s services are called upon when ronin Yaichiro is killed with a peculiar weapon, a st...
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Minamoto Yoshitsune
During the late Heian era in Japan a famous duel took place between the warrior monk Musashibo Benke...
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Ninja Assassins
Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi....
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School Wars: Hero
Set in the mid-1970s, the film is based on the true story of Yoshiharu Yamaguchi, a teacher and form...
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Case of Umon: One-Eyed Wolf
Five swordsmen are murdered and hung from a tree and the chase is on to find the killers. Two magist...
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Noble Tasuke
The story opens in October of 1624 when the newly appointed Shogun Iemitsu visits the famed Kan-ei t...
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Detective Hibari: Case of the Hidden Coin
A mysterious coin found at a murder scene stirs the curiosity of young actress detective Oshichi and...
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The Abandoned Swords
Best friends Gentaro and Sanpei become fateful enemies when Sanpei steals a secret document revealin...
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Mask of the Moon
Young swordsman, Tsukigata Hanpeita, longs for the day when rival clans cease their struggles for po...
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Enlisted Yakuza
It is the third film in the Gokudo series. In this episode, set in 1937, the main character of the s...
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Choshichiro's Edo Diaries: The Yagyu Conspiracy
Rumors are circulating that the shogunate is losing control of some feudal domains. Lord Yagyu Munef...
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Kunisada Chuji
Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mer...
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The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-sh...
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Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
Thanks to a secret message hidden on the two sacred swords Kaen and Suien, the samurai Genji Kurô (N...
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Crime Mystery by Kosaku Asahina: Tragedy of Hanasaki Village
Mystery writer Kosaku Asahina scores yet another scoop in a case that occurred in the streets. He ev...
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Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames...
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The Ako Retainers
Toei’s 10th anniversary film, featuring an all-star cast from the golden movie era of the 1960s. A f...
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Case of Umon: Red Lizard
Umon goes on an investigation to unveil the murderer known as Red Lizard....
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Gentle Breeze
A young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis....
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Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
In this film in the long running series, Tange Sazen and his friends are asked to guard a dragon-sha...
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The Great Killing
A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a vill...
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Drunken Sword
Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authori...
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Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He ...
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Legal High 2 SP
Attorneys Kensuke Komikado and Machiko Mayuzumi receive a request from a general hospital. They go ...
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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyam...
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Code Between Brothers 2
The services of a wandering gambler, Seiji, are called upon to protect the turf of his loyal friend ...
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Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
Junko Fuji returns as Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey afte...
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Good Rascals
A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives....
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The Mysterious Cape
Ryujin Misaki, located at the edge of the Genkai Sea, is known as an isolation ward for leprosy pati...
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Souls in the Moonlight II
This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva...
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Lord Mito
One of Japan’s most popular historical characters, former Vice-Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni, whose trav...
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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assass...
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Five Ronins
The story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl, Oich...
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The Third Contest
Mondonosuke, a young sword student, has a bad dream about his sensei being killed in a duel.Conseque...
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A Young Rabble 2
An adventure of a feisty girl Oyuki and Santa, a homeless child she saves....
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Benten Kozo
Orphaned Kiku was raised at a Buddhist temple and learned theatrical arts and martial arts as a chil...
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The Red Shadow
Fifteen years after Ishida Mitsunari lost in the battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu foresees his ...
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A Young Rabble
When an altercation with a gangster forces Kikutaro to leave Edo, he is sent by his father to Hamama...
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Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger
Some of the finest jidai-geki actors appear in this exciting and entertaining tale of intrigue and a...
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Tokaido Fullhouse
When Kanbe Nagakichi has his turf taken over by Ano-Toku, the father-in-law of his sworn brother Kir...
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While Traveling
In this film, Hibari plays a dual role as brother and sister. The story involves a journey to Hanaga...
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Golden Peacock Castle, Part 1
A group of pirates led by the evil Gondaiyu and his wizard, Genkuro, capture the Golden Peacock Cast...
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Vendetta of Obligation
This is the story of the 47 ronin of the Ako clan who rose up to avenge the brutal death of their be...
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Road of Chivalry
While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and...
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Mark of Blood
Three young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil....
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The Domain: The Naniwa Story
Second film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as "The...
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Restoration Fire
Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale...
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Paper Crane Palanquin
The death of a samurai in a palanquin leads girl detective Oshichi to take action to crush a plot to...
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Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
Eight villains, former pirates, gather to attack the magistrate's office. They develop a plan and be...
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Prison Gambler
A film about the confrontation between two yakuza groups in the brutal Miike prison, which contained...
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Lord Mito Komon: World commotion
Counselor Mito and his companions departed from Mito to see Kikutaro, a young lord of the shogun fam...
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Gambler
The main character Tachibana Isaburo is released from prison and discovers that his boss is dead. He...
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Bloody Battle at Dawn
A story of revenge between two samurai families on the Igagoe Road. Araki Mataemon born in the provi...
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Goryokaku
After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supp...
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Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon's Love and Ambition
The live of the daimyo Date Masamune...
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Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival
A costumed film featuring the famous hero of Japanese history, Isshin Tasuke, arranged in the form o...
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Happily Tied to the Road
With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of...
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Ghost Currency
A drowned body with strangulation marks was found by a large river, while a man stained in vermilion...
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神州天馬侠 完結篇
In a desperate crisis, Inamaru is plunged into the dark sea by a strike from Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ryutar...
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The Edo Murders: Sasachi's Greatest Triumph
The Edo Murders: Sasachi’s Greatest Triumph | Two bodies have been found on Tsukuda Island, hacked t...
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The Fir Tree Remains
The Fir Tree Remains | Yamamoto explores the life of Koi Harada, a man wrongfully branded a “traitor...
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